Birthdays: Paul Whiteman, Pearl Bailey, Freddy Bartholomew, Dirk Bogarde,
Confederate Gen.Wade Hampton, pianist Rudolph Serkin, Swifty Lazar, Marlin Perkins, Diane Weist is 74, Reba McEntire, Vince Vaughn is 52, Julia Stiles is 41, Lady Gaga is 36
1870- THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAGUA KILLED BY A NEWSPAPER. Gen. George H. Thomas, retired Union war hero had a heart attack in a St. Louis Hotel after reading an editorial saying all in all he wasn't that great a general, and all his victories were mistakes. Survivor of shot and shell, they found Thomas in his room, clutching a written rebuttal to his chest.
1881- P.T. Barnum formed a partnership with his chief competitor James Bailey to create Barnum & Bailey’s Circus. He proclaimed it the Greatest Show on Earth!
1920- Silent film stars Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford married.
1928- Via radio broadcast, the public heard the voice of Charlie Chaplin for the first time.
1929- Disney short The Opry House was released. The first short where they changed Mickey Mouses’ design to give him white gloves.
1935- Leni Reifenstahl’s hypnotic movie paean to Nazism- Triumph of the Will, premiered.
1941- English writer Virginia Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in the River Ouse in Sussex. Her body was never found.
1942- Albert Hurter, Swiss designer for Walt Disney's "Snow White' and 'Pinocchio", and called the first inspirational artist in animation, died of rheumatic heart disease. He was 59.
1999- Matt Groening’s cartoon series Futurama debuted.
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